High Bridge Boy Scouts walk the Gettysburg battlefield

Boy Scouts from Troop 149 of High Bridge recently traveled to the Gettysburg National Military Park, site of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. On Veterans Day they hiked the 10 mile Billy Yank Trail through the battlefield. Here they are at a monument to one of the artillery units from New Jersey. The Scouts are (from left) Dylan Wylie, Sam Rutledge, Zach Fortier, Adam Murdock and Robert Whitney (kneeling).

'The boys and adults had a great time and learned a lot by walking the battlefield. It is a very different perspective from driving and looking through a car window.' said Paul Wyckoff, a member of the troop committee.